The final development in the VG 30 series of fighters to
be flown, the VG 39 commenced its flight test programme
on 3 May 1940, and the prototype differed from the VG 33 primarily in having a 1200hp Hispano-Suiza
Type 89ter 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine with an
elongated propeller shaft, a revised wing structure
which retained the profile and contours of the earlier
wing, and a wing-mounted armament of six 7.5mm
MAC 1934 M39 machine guns. During flight testing the
prototype VG 39 attained a maximum speed of 625km/h at an altitude of 5750m. The
planned production model, the VG 39bis, was to have
embodied a fuselage similar to that of the VG 36 and to
have supplemented the wing armament with a 20mm
engine-mounted cannon, the definitive model having a
1600hp Hispano-Suiza 12Z engine.

3-View

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A three-view drawing (1660 x 1233)

Specification

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MODEL

VG 39

DIMENSIONS

Wingspan

10.80 m

35 ft 5 in

Length

8.75 m

29 ft 8 in

Wing area

14.00 m2

150.69 sq ft

PERFORMANCE

Max. speed

625 km/h

388 mph

Comments

steven lopez, 12.08.2007

I want to know the combat perfomance of this aircraft. Thanks. Steven Lopez.